The Berks County mom's appearance on the premiere of
"Celebrity Wife Swap" Tuesday

was watched by 7 million people, giving the episode the best numbers in the show's history, according to ABC.

Kate whose former TLC series "Jon & Kate Plus 8" drew as many as 9 million viewers, switched roles with former Playboy cover girl Kendra Wilkinson of "The Girls Next Door" for the episode which led off season two of the series.

"Celebrity Wife Swap" beat Fox's "Raising Hope" and NBC's "Off Their Rockers" and even lead the top-rated "NCIS" on ABC for women 18-34 by 9 percent.

Likely in response to the huge ratings, ABC announced it will rebroadcast Kate and Kendra's episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap" at 8 p.m. March 16.

In the series, two mothers of
celebrity families, each with opposing values, trade households, lifestyles and
children. In the first part of the
exchange, each mom moves into the other’s home and agrees to follow a manual of
“household rules” written by the departing mother, including how to parent,
manage their social life, do house work, unwind and more. Things change in the second half of the week, when the “new mommy”
takes charge, introduces her own set of rules and runs the household her way. At
the end of the week the two families meet for the first time and make assessments
of each other and discuss their experiences, having had a very real taste of
what life would be like in someone else’s family.

As a single mother raising twin girls
Cara and Mady (12) and eight-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin,
Leah and Joel, Kate lives by a rigid set of home rules. She cooks, cleans and
shops, all while working to support her family.

Kendra, perhaps best known
as a Playboy Magazine cover girl and Hugh Hefner’s former girlfriend,
lives in
Los Angeles with former-NFL husband Hank and their four-year-old son,
“Little Hank.” Kendra and Hank have a very relaxed parenting style in
which
they allow “Little Hank” the freedom to learn and grow without
any harsh guidelines. Hank is a supportive husband who pampers his wife
by
cooking for her, helping out around the house and planning “girls’
nights out”
for Kendra and friends. The family also has a full-time
housekeeper/nanny, Rosa, who runs the household so that Kendra can relax
during
the day and enjoy her free time.

When
Kate arrives in Los Angeles, she tries to get used to relaxing, a
difficult concept for the hard-working mom of eight. Meanwhile Kendra
struggles,
plunging head-first into the chaos of caring for eight kids. It’s a
comic turn
of events as Kendra tries to put all the kids to bed while Kate is
treated to a
girls’ night out. As the week progresses, Kendra continues to juggle all
of her
new responsibilities while Kate relishes her “me” time, far away from
household
chores and obligations.